Kamil Iskhakov

Kamil Iskhakov (8 February 1949-) was the Mayor of Kazan from 1 February 1989 to 14 November 2005, succeeding Revo Idiatullin and preceding Ilsur Metshin.

Biography
Kamil was born on 8 February 1949 in Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union to a family of Sunni Muslim Tatars. He graduated from the Kazan Technical School and Kazan State University before entering politics, and in 1989 he was elected Mayor of Kazan. He held this post under both the USSR and Russia, and he left office in 2005. Afterwards, he served as Presidential Envoy to the Far East District from 2005 to 2007.